Continental lance le pneu mixte TKC80²

Continental a dévoilé le TKC80², une version actualisée de son pneu d'aventure TKC80 vieux de 40 ans, au BMW Performance Center de Spartanburg, en Caroline du Sud. Le nouveau pneu vise à améliorer l'adhérence hors route, la maniabilité sur sol mouillé, la stabilité et l'usure régulière, tout en conservant une allure familière. Les ingénieurs ont décrit le défi de conception comme un « conflit d'objectifs » pour équilibrer les performances sur route et hors route.

Les ingénieurs de Continental ont présenté le TKC80² comme un successeur conçu pour pallier les compromis inhérents aux pneus mixtes. Le pneu conserve une construction à carcasse diagonale après que des prototypes radiaux ont produit une résonance excessive. Selon Continental, l'apparence emblématique du TKC80, vieux de 40 ans, exigeait une esthétique similaire pour le nouveau modèle, d'où le nom TKC80² plutôt qu'une désignation entièrement nouvelle. Un ingénieur l'a qualifié avec humour de « pneu à 60 % route et 60 % hors route ».

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